Localization means adapting a program to a user's language and region: translated text, and numbers, currencies, dates and times shown the way that user expects. Java represents a language and region choice with java.util.Locale. The locale-sensitive classes, such as NumberFormat, DateTimeFormatter and ResourceBundle, take a Locale and adjust their output accordingly.
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